Pickups: Nike x Fragment ACG Zoom Meriweather TZ

Winter time pickups from the old Nike brethren, it's the Nike x Fragment Zoom Meriweather TZ in silver/grey/obsidian ...

The suede on these is rather sexy, and for a more bulky winter shoe they are DAMN comfortable! Also comes in a deep navy which is super clean as well. Being a TZ release there are only a handful of places to grab these around the globe, some of which being 21 Mercer in NYC, Bodega in Boston, and UNDFTD in LA.

(photo credits to myself)



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Death Adders Inc.

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A$AP

Can't forget about music on here, and ASAP has been in heavy rotation lately. In case you haven't heard, peep the movement.


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Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Two for a Pair...

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Mighty Healthy

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Retro City Rampage

Throwback steeze, this looks fun as hell.


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55DSL x Manhattan Portage Bag

The Homies at 55DSL are getting together with Manhattan Portage for another messenger inspired bag with a little more flare than the standard over the shoulder. Subtly branded, this is a dope option


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The New Digs

Since my last post a lot has happened. The job has been getting pretty intense, I bought a pair of shoes here and there, my computer crashed (hence the lack of posts and inability to get my photography up), and most exciting for me is that I finally got an apartment! Yep moved into a nice spot in Chinatown, downtown Manhattan, living outside my means and having all the fun to justify it. These are just some completely random pictures from the past few months in the new hood...

Welcome to Money Making Manhattan.

This dude was on some evil plotting shit... had to capture

This last picture is the only one not taken in the new hood, but this is the new roommate, Devin. Cali native, he's a random motherfucker and we also work together so I'm sure you'll be seeing more of this fool.


 So I'll be back with more posts, some news, and lots of pictures. I'm still messing around with the HTML on here and getting acclimated with the new computer so pardon the formatting errors.

And as always, let me know what you think is dope, what you want to see (or see more of), and if you have any questions. I work in SoHo and live in Chinatown so I want to be able to let people see what I see... that is as long as it interests you.


Rispek


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Street Swag: SoHo Noir

Yeah the title is still a work in progress, but I've decided that on my lunch breaks in SoHo I might as well try and take some street style shots for everyone. This first lady I saw the other day on Broadway, on a very warm n sunny afternoon and she was still in all black, killing it...





Undeniable swag, as she was in the middle of an intense phone conversation in French. Shit, her dog has it better than most of us!

Style wise, her hat and haircut are such an ill look and completely compliment her simple yet powerful all black outfit. And while my eyes went right for the dog carrying bag (which is awesome), her huge hobo bag is was pretty dope too. Wish she wasn't on the phone so I could have gotten some detailed shots.



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Pic of the Day: Woven 'Scapes

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Blog Life: The 55 DSL Collective

So while in Japan, the homies over at 55DSL approached me about being part of this Blog Collective that they've been working on establish a voice of the brand. Only being vaguely familiar with 55DSL, I went and checked out one of their shops in Kyoto and saw that they are actually doing some really dope stuff! After that visit I gladly agreed to be part of the movement and upon my arrival back to the states, I recieved this sweet welcome package from the brand!...












After doing some research and getting this SWAG bag from them I'm seeing that they are all about having fun and promoting independent street art too. They've joint published a few books for photographers, got artist collab series tees, and even do events that promote local artists. It's pretty unique that they reach out to smaller artists that they appreciate and want to see shine instead of looking for artists that are already popular and carry a name.

Anyways, we'll be doing lots of fun stuff with 55DSL in the near future so be on the lookout, and be sure to check out the brand in the mean time. www.55DSL.com


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Adventures in NYC: After Irene

As you may know, over the past weekend NYC was completely shut down because of this little hurricane Irene thing. And even though the storm had come and gone by the time most people woke up on Sunday morning, NYC was still a total ghost town all day. But since I was already forced to stay in New Jersey for an entire day and had the homie Mehdi visiting New York for the first time on this unfortunate weekend, we ventured into desolate streets of Manhattan...

Some amazingly simple yet stunning street art that can be seen on about 10 or so of these lamp posts by St. Marks and Cooper Union. Must have taken forever.

Setting up for SeriousWapanese x FuckYouJohn
















Fucking Jersey... but the random adventures and seeing the city so crippled without trains was definitely worth the trip in.



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Lanvin Fall 2011 Video Campaign

Lanvin takes a rather alternative approach to their Fall 2011 campaign, straying pretty much as far as you can from classy by having some models in couture dancing... to Pitbull...

Alber is the man for this one, I love that he joined in. Utmost swag.



The whole essence of these high end lines is to remain sexy and refined, which is exactly why it's so dope when people stop taking this shit so serious and actually have fun. Rispek.


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55DSL Summer Series: 'Photos Can Speak' Event

55DSL has been putting on some dope events all Summer long and this week the NYC store will see a photography showcase. 'Photos Can Speak' is the name of event, it's this Thursday, August 18th, and you're invited...



Check out the work of RNA Photo, J Shotti, JP Samedi, Ian Reid, and Sara de Burgh, and listen to some music from DJ Mills.


Good art, free booze, good tunes... Come Through...


281 Lafayette St. (right across from Supreme)
Thurs, Aug 18th, 6pm-8pm



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YMC - a/w 2011 Fair Isle Cardigan

YMC (You Must Create) consistently keeps it clean and quality, but also gives us enough of that 'special' factor to make their items worth their price tag in this economy (think of them as like a fashion forward APC). Case and point: this seemingly crazy fair isle patterned cardigan that actually comes off a little understated so that it can be thrown in heavy rotation for the Fall and Winter...




Chaotic simplicity.

This piece definitely stuck out to me, but the entire collection follows that college inspired look, so be sure to check the rest over at glltn.



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Fragment x NIke All Court II - Leopard Pack

In yet another installment of the ongoing collaboration between Fragment and Nike, we get some All Court II's in 3 leopard colorways...





Tier 0 status, September release on deck.

Must. Have. All.



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